SciLine: What research tells us about voter fraud
Thessalia Merivaki, Director of Thomas S. Foley Institute of Public Service and Public Policy at WSU, provided insight into interviewing local officials about electoral processes.
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Mural inspired by Libraries’ Gallup Collection to be unveiled on Sept. 29
On Tuesday, Sept. 29, Washington State University Libraries will unveil a new mural painted by Jiemei Lin of the WSU Department of Art and inspired by the Gallup Collection of rare fishing books housed in Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC).
Think cannabis reduces stress? New study finds it’s complicated
Cannabis is often used as a stress reliever, but a new study suggests that some of the body’s stress response systems don’t get the message.
Harvard Kennedy School, Shorestein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy: “What’s normal and what isn’t on Election Day and beyond: A webinar for reporters”
Thessalia Merivaki, Director of Thomas S. Foley Institute of Public Service and Public Policy at WSU, appeared as one of the panelists for this discussion.
Study maps where humans are driving harmful nutrient levels along coasts
Along a quarter of the planet’s coastal waterways, humans contribute more harmful nitrogen – via agricultural runoff, wastewater discharges and other activities – than all natural sources combined.
CNBC: Election officials ban certain public workers from trading on prediction markets ahead of midterms
Thessalia Merivaki, professor of government and director of the Foley Institute, was quoted in an CNBC article about election officials banning certain public workers from trading on prediction markets ahead of midterm elections.
Forsythe selected as CAS director of student success
The College of Arts and Sciences has selected Katie Forsythe as the new director of student success, strengthening a college-wide effort to ensure students graduate prepared for their first job and for careers that will continue to evolve throughout their lives.
The Nation: James Talarico’s Leap of Faith
Matthew Sutton, the Claudius O. and Mary Johnson Distinguished Professor and chair of the WSU Department of History, wrote in The Nation that the Democratic state legislator from Texas is reviving a tradition of center-left activism rooted in Christianity.
Our State of the Butterflies
That’s the conclusion of the first-ever comprehensive report on the fate of butterflies, released last year by the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation and led by Cheryl Schultz, a conservation biologist at Washington State University.
WSU mathematician calculates how to combat viral outbreaks
Xueying “Snow” Wang is using computational modeling to decipher how viral infections spread across multiple scales, from processes inside individual cells to outbreaks across populations.
